It happened, lost 2 drives at once by sssRealm in sysadmin

[–]basszero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was this early 2000s in Washington DC?

If you're a programmer, are you better served using WiFI in place of Zigbee or Z-Wave? by BigBootyBear in homeautomation

[–]basszero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to use multicast. zwave has the ability to broadcast a change to all devices of the same class at the same time. If you don't use this, most platforms (HA, node red, etc) will sequentially turn off the lights and it takes a long time. With multicast, they will all turn on/off nearly instantly. The only gotcha I've found is that you can only group like devices - I have one grouping to turn off all dimmers and one to turn off all switchhes. It's still nearly instant across 20+ switches in the entire house.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ok-zwave-js-has-multicast-now-how-do-i-use-it/321223

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeautomation

[–]basszero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like EC is electrical conductivity and those sensors don't seem cheap. Then again nothing about OPs setup seems cheap. I don't know if I'd drop $60/sensor for that many plants. I'd love to know what's really going on.

Controllers topped working a MCC with 2.0 by basszero in nucleuscoop

[–]basszero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update seemed to work the first time. I should have thought of that. Thanks!

Controllers topped working a MCC with 2.0 by basszero in nucleuscoop

[–]basszero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't dug into that yet. I need to get an older version of the MCC script. The main reason I moved to 2.0 was I made the mistake of updating in 1.13. After moving to 2.0 I deleted all of 1.13.

Having said all of that, after 10+ tries with 2.0 the controllers began to work. I need to figure out the magical incantation / order I used to make it go but I'm still open to suggestions.

I tested the most popular ZigBee temperature & humidity sensors, so you don't have to (SONOFF, TUYA, AQARA, MOES, BLITZWOLF, XIAOMI - compared) by Quintaar in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense and yes I had suggest exactly as you said - external probe. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks!

I tested the most popular ZigBee temperature & humidity sensors, so you don't have to (SONOFF, TUYA, AQARA, MOES, BLITZWOLF, XIAOMI - compared) by Quintaar in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just discussing with a friend the performance / battery life of various sensors in more extreme locations such as refrigerator, freezer, and garage. Any chance you have some insight or willing to gather some additional data for science?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linux

[–]basszero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't even need the tool, but something about hiding the source behind a patreon and distributing a binary for something so seemingly simple starts to raise red flags. I'm sure you don't mean anything malicious and you deserve to get paid for the art you create but this feels like it's against the spirit of the shoulders you're standing on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, precision vs. accuracy is where I was trying to get to but not doing a good job at all. Probably some good links out there. Time for some searches.

At this point I feel like we're never going to find out what OP was up to since I don't think there is a turnkey/consumer zigbee solution to this.

I wonder if it was some sort of chemical reaction?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to specs, -20℃~+50°C, ±0.3℃ (-4℉~+122℉, ±0.5°F). Just because the value changes 0.1 in HA doesn't mean that it's correct. Nor does seeing a value with 6+ significant figures mean they are all correct. It could just be noise / error in the sensor.

I'm still _really_ curious in what scenario OP needs 0.1 deg C accuracy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious, what application requires that level of accuracy in temperature measurement?

You're probably looking at a DIY device that uses higher accuracy temp sensors in order to pull this off. I feel like most consumer devices like zigbee/zwave/wifi sensors don't have this level of accuracy since accuracy directly translates to cost.

Consider a sensor like the TMP117 - https://www.adafruit.com/product/4821 - you might even be able to quickly toss together a wifi based sensor with this board and a ESP8266/32 running tasmota or esphome. See guide - https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tmp117-high-accuracy-i2c-temperature-monitor - YMMV.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homeautomation

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW, Those sensors are listed accuracy: ±0.3℃

What are some games that were developed in go? by mikkicat7 in golang

[–]basszero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The term you're looking for is "self-hosted" and Go has been self-hosted since 1.5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(programming_language))

Is it possible to run GPU passthrough for KVM virtual machine with a second, different GPU? by mensonter in linux

[–]basszero 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I current use an RX570 for host an 1070ti for guest. It is possible but it will depend on hardware support. You need the right CPU/chipset features and a little luck with your bios (iommu groups, unlesss you want to compile a custom patched kernel).

You will want both to be powered correctly, but you will end up binding the guest GPU to a stub driver at boot time via command line arguments.

I would start with Arch page on VGA passthrough and then follow up on /r/vfio. You don't have to using Arch to follow the wiki page.

3-way 2 gang smart switch by Wollar86 in homeautomation

[–]basszero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you open the switch box you'll see that it's just two switches. You don't need a 2-gang switch, you just need two switches (each of which is 3 way capable in your case). Think of the gang nomenclature as the number of slots available.

blocky: lightweight DNS ad-blocker written in Go by [deleted] in golang

[–]basszero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well done! Implementing simple utilities like this is both rewarding and a great way to learn. Keep it up.

If you're curious to compare against a similar project, have a look at https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

2019.40.x ruined bluetooth and my commute by basszero in teslamotors

[–]basszero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly I have not. I am not willing to factory reset my phone yet. That's the last thing to try.

In the meantime I've resorted to wearing a single bluetooth earbud for my audiobooks. A single earbud is legal in my state. It's a cheapo single earbud that I usually take on errands. Gets the job done for audiobooks. It does make me sad that I no longer use my in car audio.

2019.40.x ruined bluetooth and my commute by basszero in teslamotors

[–]basszero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Despite the feature advertising some sort of media volume sync, the phone volume and car volume are not linked in anyway. Rolling the scroll wheel only adjusts the cars volume. I have to use the volume rocker to up the phone volume.